Special Event Reward, World's First!

Gene Lock, activate!

Every cell felt like it was burning, his heart thrumming like an internal combustion engine. This feeling of transformation made Lu Ce acutely aware that he was undergoing an unprecedented change.

And with it came power!

Metal snapped. The alloy handcuffs, strong enough to secure a bull, exploded outwards. His arms, steaming as if boiling, were raised high.

The doctor's astonished pupils reflected the cold light of the broken metal.

Like leopards, their bodies suddenly sprang up. With a swift reversal, the female doctor was pinned to the bed.

He snatched the knife, spun around, all in one fluid motion, as if he had practiced it countless times.

The previous flippancy in his eyes vanished completely. Having regained his freedom, Lu Ce didn't say another word. His eyes glinted with wolf-like ferocity as he raised the knife and plunged it forcefully into the woman's exposed chest!

That was where her heart lay.

At this moment, the viewers who had been excitedly discussing the scene, thinking they were watching some perverted erotic broadcast, also sensed that something was wrong.

[Wait... is this situation getting a little weird?]

[Did something go wrong? Also, how did he suddenly break those handcuffs just now?]

[This is staged, right? I just don't know what the next plot point is. What, now they're switching to the traditional male-on-top position?]

But at this moment, the two people at the center of everyone's attention knew this was no game. The female doctor's eyes were filled with terror, her hands desperately gripping Lu Ce's knife-wielding hand, unable to comprehend how this man had broken free from his restraints.

"Carbon-based basic life... eighteen years old... physical energy lower... impossible, what did you do?!"

Her sharp voice echoed in the room. Veins bulged on the doctor's forehead as she struggled like a trapped beast.

But Lu Ce remained completely unfazed. His remaining leg pressed against her abdomen, and he continuously applied force with his hand, the dagger pressing deeper amidst her struggles.

The sharp tip of the blade had already cut through the soft flesh of her chest. The curves that would drive countless men wild had no effect on Lu Ce whatsoever. He was like a precision machine, about to slaughter his prey.

"No, don't, this is just a game, it won't do anything."

Seeing that Lu Ce was unmoved, the female doctor panicked. She quickly put on a fawning smile and pleaded, "This is Chosen Paradise, you are the chosen one, this is just an initial trial."

"You passed! You did very well, and you'll receive many rewards after this!"

"You must be curious about what's going on, right? Let me go, I know everything, I can tell you anything you ask!"

"Tell me what you want! I'll agree to anything, I'm yours too, you can do whatever you want with me..."

Her voice, filled with panic, shifted multiple times, from pleading to fawning, even to outright enticement and seduction. But Lu Ce's expression remained unchanged. He simply stared intently at the knife in his hand.

The woman beneath him held no interest for him. Her nearly bare clothing and pathetic words only made him press down with both hands instead of just the one.

Lu Ce knew that with his ability to shatter handcuffs, if this woman could resist him, it proved she was no ordinary person.

It was a life-or-death struggle, no need for further words.

Blood seeped out, life slowly draining away.

"You can't kill me, I am..."

Crack!

It was the sound of the dagger piercing through bone and then the heart, forever sealing her unfinished words within her mouth.

Only then did Lu Ce look at her wide eyes and speak his first words after breaking free.

"I was an orphan since childhood, and it hasn't been easy living this long."

"In all these years, I've learned only one thing... never hand over the chance to live to someone else!"

After saying this, the sharpness in his eyes instantly vanished. His body went limp, and he collapsed into the still-warm embrace of the woman beneath him, as if utterly spent.

"Stuff like victory declarations should wait until the other party is completely dead, haha."

He forced a laugh, then looked at his right leg, which was truly gone. He couldn't quite bring himself to laugh anymore.

During the life-or-death crisis before, his mind had been clear: he had to kill the enemy to survive. But now, his mind was in chaos.

What game? What trial? Why did his leg suddenly break?

Clenching his fists, the extreme power unleashed by the Gene Lock still gave Lu Ce some confidence.

He turned to look at the screen floating in the air, the one connected to the so-called "live broadcast," hoping to find some answers.

On the large screen, which had fallen silent for a moment due to shock at the sudden turn of events, it had now exploded with activity.

[:Game? What game? Does that mean we are also chosen ones? After all, why did this video appear before me out of nowhere.]

[:It appeared on my computer out of nowhere, and now I can't turn it off.]

[:Awesome! I've remembered you, Counter-Kill Bro.]

[:Called the police.]

After a brief scan, he only found fragmented information. Then, the entire room began to shake, the large screen instantly flickered out, and the images seemed to crash into Lu Ce's eyes.

Lu Ce was startled, and as he instinctively tried to move, his body no longer obeyed him, as if he were floating in space.

Before him was a data stream like a time tunnel, with strange mechanical sounds in his ears, accompanied by lines of subtitles appearing out of thin air.

[Initial Game Over, Welcome to the Global Mass Game - Chosen Paradise!]

[Initial Selected Participants:]

[Initial Participating Participants:]

[Completion Participants: , Remarks: No true death in initial stages, but those who do not complete will be disqualified.]

[Perfect Completion Participants: 3549!]

[Your Initial Completion Evaluation: SSS-Rank, Perfect Completion! Current Consecutive Perfect Completion Count: 1]

[Rewards Settling...]

"Holy crap..." Looking at the lines of subtitles before him, Lu Ce was starting to feel a bit stunned.

It was only now that he truly realized what it meant for "the world to change."

[Special Event Triggered: Killed initial divine guidance personnel, earned achievement badge: God Slayer.]

[Special Event Triggered: Seized A-003 Class Sealed Item - Sensory Manipulator, item is special, has been recovered, reward of same tier sealed item has been placed in inventory.]

[Initial Reward Points: 3000.]

[Initial Reward Items: Intermediate Recovery Potion * 3, placed in inventory.]

[Your Current World Ranking: 1/ .]

[Rankings update with each game, consecutive perfect performances and high rankings will bring surprises~ Please keep up the good work.]

"I'm... World Number One?"

Lu Ce stared blankly at the "1/" before him, lost in thought